365 STRONG CHARLOTTE EUROPA GAMES HIGHLIGHTS

We want to thank our over 115 competitors, the Europa Expo, Europa Sports, spectators, vendors, meet officials and all meet personnel for participating or assisting in putting on an extraordinary event April 22-23! Female Highlights: We had 23 female lifters and all turned in great performances. Shannon Nash brought her A game, putting up an ALL-TIME WORLD RECORD RAW BENCH PRESS…380 lb. at 180.3 body weight!!! Dawn Bogart and Alexis Eliopoulos spent the day fighting it out for Best Female Lifter. Dawn, at 132, posted a 959 total (deadlifting 402) while Alexis, at 198, posted 1163 (deadlifting 452)! Dawn edged her out by a slim margin but what a performance by both ladies. Other women worth mentioning, Brittany Shackelford totaled 904 in winning the Raw Classic 148’s, Maureen Clary, went Open and Masters, winning the Raw 148’s totaling 876! Tiffany Bellamy, in her first meet, lifted Raw Classic 114’s and totaled a respectable 551! Taylor Nugent and Kayce Hoover both went Raw Classic totaling 694.5 and 689 respectively! Teenager Hanna Young, Raw 148, put up a strong first meet total of 683! Training partner Mariah Flint, Raw 198, won her Novice division with a 628 total. Courtney Reynolds, a Raw Novice 165, totaled 727.5…barely beating out Katarina Giancroce (689) and Ivanna Guzman (683). Katarina went on to win her teenage division. Deborah Omolewu went Open Raw 165’s and amassed a 738.5 total! Newbies, Kelian Hagerty lifted Novice Raw 148’s winning with a 678 total and Reyhan Roybal at Novice Raw Classic 165’s got the “W” with a 827 total! Jessica Wissmann was up to the task at Raw 165’s lifting 876 as was Bridget McDermott surmounting a 832 total! Master lifters had a great day as well. At Raw Classic 148 (50-54), Priscilla Pardue ended with 628, Candice Pardue Maness at Raw Classic 165 (50-54) had a 678, Cathy Cranford (55-59), Raw 198, totaled 479.5 and Janet Martin (45-49) did Push Pull, Bench and Deadlift winning the SHW Masters Class! Male Highlights: There were a lot of highlights worth mentioning but I’ll try to keep it short.  Open Winners: Brannigan Coleman got everyone’s attention as the Raw 123 lb. lifter put up a 380 squat, a 286.6 bench and 479.5 deadlift (almost 4 times bodyweight) for a 1146 total! 165’s: RC Bryan Glynn – 1157. PP Ryan Reeves – 733. Squat and Bench only Kevin Scarborough – 347 SQT and 303 BP. 181’s: Raw (T) Ramon Cloud – 1482.6! RC (U) Michael McCann – 1753! RC (T) Randy Rabon – 1543 (2nd Matt Borquez – 1504.6)! PP Maurice McFadden – 909. 198’s: Raw (U) Thomas Tourville – 1504.5. RC (U) Marty West – 1372. RC (T) Tanner Huntley – 1356. PP (T) Demetrius Neal 931 and PP (U) Evan Kardon – 1058! SP Bench Dustin McClure – 303 and Raw Tim Workman – 452 (2nd Max Bolin – 430)! 220’s: Raw (U) Charles Heffner – 1675.5. Raw Classic was a fight to the finish! Shane Langston prevailed with his 705 deadlift to out total Ranson Lee, 1796.7 to 1758.2!! Michael Dudley captured the Raw Bench with a 518! 242’s: Raw (T) Mathew Tosi – 1620 and Isaac Pedrote won RC (T) – 1482. Raw Classic (U) saw Jason LeGrand nail down the win with a 1934 total! Multi-ply went to one of nations premier MP powerlifters Brian Hill, Brian won the geared Best Lifter title with his eye popping 2480 total!! PP goes to Brandon Israel – 970. Raw Bench went to Brendan VanNostrand – 474! 275’s: RC (T) featured some great comp, Seth Bowles – 1747 and Will Wooten – 1631. RC (U) was amazing as winner and Best Lifter Thomas Land amassed a 2000.7 total to edge out Josh Miller 1918 and Curtis Rabon also at 1918!! Desi Hubbard dominated in MP totaling 2221! SHW: MP standout TJ Watkins put up a meet high 2496.7 total! Thad Tillison won Raw Deadlift only comp by pulling 644.8. Teenage: Haris Mian, (youtube contributor) teenage Raw 148, had a great day going 7 for 9 in totaling 799! Joseph Thomas, a Raw 165, lifted beyond his years going 8 for 9 and amassing a 1146 total! At 198’s Raw teen Micah Oxford totaled 1394! At 220’s, Raw teen Gabriel Pickett totaled 1174 and Jon Rand (at 17 years old) a Raw Classic lifter was on his game totaling 1383!! Bryan Camhi keep getting better, totaling 1372 at 275’s! Raw Novice Winners: 148’s Collin Rausch – 838 total. 165’s Chris Macera – 1108 (edging out Juan Bollo – 1086 and Kevin Gingerich – 1069). 181’s Jason Hamilton – 871. 198’s Thomas Tourville - 1505 (edging out DaMorris Jackson – 1411 and Justin Williams – 1317)! 242’s James Murphy – 1224. 242’s PP Isaac Wooten – 915. 275’s Tim Merritt – 1174. SHW Kenya Cherry 1273! Raw Classic Novice Winners: 165’s Emmanuel Correa – 1020. 198’s Tanner Huntley – 1356! 220’s David Luu – 1405! 275’s Allen Rogers – 1505! M/P/F Winners: 198’s Frank Martorana – 1235. 198’s Bench Dustin McClure – 303. 220’s Raw Jon Parker – 1554. Raw Classic Damon Senaha – 1020. 220’s Bench Donnie Donahue – 407.8. 242’s Michael Brooks – 1422 (Ryan Farnham – 1345). Masters Winners: 198’s Raw Corey McManus (40-44) – 1477! 198’s Raw Classic Tim Boardman (50-54) – 1042. 220’s Raw Classic Damon Senaha (55-59) – 1020. 220’s Single-ply Mark Brewer (40-44) – 1334! 220’s Raw PP Jeff Beckham (45-49) – 953.5. 220’s Raw Robert Heaton (40-44) – 380.3. 220’s Raw Bench Lewis Schirloff (50-54) – 391. 220’s Raw Bench Danny Plyler (55-59) – 407.8! 220’s MP Bench Rob Bumgarner – 363.8. 242’s Raw Mitch Phillips (50-54) – 1361. 275’s Clarence Jackson (45-49) – 1559.8! 275’s Raw Classic Curtis Rabon (50-54) – 1918!! 275’s SP Bench John von Rohr (65-69) – 286.6! 308’s Raw Classic Troy Nash (45-49) – 1532 (826.7 squat)! 308’s Raw Doug McCray (50-54) – 1455. Teens shares the experience of his first powerlifting meet...must see! :)